Ash Faq Ali

Senior Full-Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience architecting, scaling, and shipping enterprise web applications, distributed microservices, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Deep technical expertise across the TypeScript ecosystem (React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS) alongside relational and distributed database architectures (PostgreSQL, Prisma, MongoDB). Proven track record delivering resilient media streaming pipelines (FFmpeg, HLS), metadata-driven no-code architectures, and enterprise AI systems (RAG, Vector Search, LLMs).

Proven technical leader experienced in mentoring engineering teams, enforcing Clean Architecture and CQRS standards, implementing strict RBAC security, and driving high-impact operational value.

Full-Stack Developer at Business Solutions & Services (BSS) (2025-10 – Present)

• Architect and deliver scalable enterprise SaaS web modules, backend microservices, and interactive client portals using Next.js, NestJS, and PostgreSQL.
• Design and deploy end-to-end AI-assisted automation pipelines using n8n and LLM endpoints, accelerating document ingestion, structured text extraction, and reporting.
• Enforce strict TypeScript types, shared API contract definitions, and automated testing across frontend and backend boundaries to minimize release cycles and regressions.
• Enterprise Medical Distribution CRM (Hamme — Web & Mobile): Delivered an enterprise-grade, multi-tenant CRM covering the complete order lifecycle from real-time placement to multi-stage fulfillment.
• Engineered distributor/territory management and real-time inventory tracking modules, giving field stakeholders immediate visibility into stock levels.
• Built dynamic Pre-Journey Plan (PJP) scheduling and route deviation tracking, allowing field reps to optimize visit routes and log field issues in real time.
• Automated attendance monitoring and advanced TADA (Travel/Daily Allowance) reimbursement calculation workflows with multi-tiered management approval routing.
• Implemented enterprise RBAC and token-based authentication across web and mobile clients, guaranteeing strict tenant data isolation.
• Metadata-Driven No-Code CRM (SmartCRM): Designed a Salesforce-style metadata architecture using NestJS, Prisma, and PostgreSQL, enabling business users to define custom objects, relationships, and dynamic fields without writing code.
• Constructed a generic DynamicCrudModule powering dynamic filtering, multi-field sorting, and cursor-based pagination across dynamically defined entities.
• Enforced granular, field-level access control rules and multi-tenant data partitioning from a unified, extensible codebase.
• AI SaaS Chatbot Platform (SmartAgent): Built a multi-channel conversational AI SaaS platform integrating WhatsApp Business APIs and embeddable web widgets.
• Developed a visual drag-and-drop workflow builder enabling non-technical operators to design and deploy automated messaging flows rapidly.
• Constructed production RAG pipelines grounded in proprietary business knowledge bases, paired with automated sentiment-aware live-agent handoffs.
• Google Maps Lead Scraping Extension (MapScraper): Built a lightweight Chrome extension scraping Google Maps business listings to automate outbound B2B lead generation workflows for sales teams.
• Developed native data-streaming pipelines to export scraped leads directly into downloadable CSV and PDF structures.
• Engineered resilient DOM-traversal algorithms hardened against Google Maps front-end interface updates, minimizing extraction failures.

Lead Developer at XtechSoft Pvt Ltd (2023-08 – 2025-08)

• Directed engineering teams of 5+ developers across full project lifecycles; conducted rigorous code reviews, introduced architectural guidelines, and mentored junior developers to elevate code quality.
• Digital Asset Management & Streaming Platform (ioMoVo — iomovo.io): Architected scalable microservices using CQRS and Clean Architecture to manage complex metadata schemas, granular user access, and asset versioning.
• Engineered an automated media transcoding pipeline using FFmpeg, segmenting high-resolution video/audio into adaptive HLS (.m3u8/.ts) streams for zero-buffer playback across low-bandwidth environments.
• Designed high-capacity, fault-tolerant chunked file upload APIs featuring automated retry and resume logic for multi-gigabyte media assets.
• Built intelligent vector search, automated smart tagging, and AI-driven metadata extraction APIs, accelerating asset discovery and eliminating manual cataloging.
• Developed an automated Microsoft Word interop conversion API to transform.doc/.docx files into PDF format for downstream NLP insights.
• Enforced enterprise security protocols across services, including granular CORS policies, strict firewall configurations, end-to-end data encryption, and comprehensive audit logging.

Frontend Developer at XtechSoft Pvt Ltd (2022-11 – 2023-08)

• Constructed modular client dashboard interfaces using React, Next.js, and TypeScript, utilizing Tailwind CSS, Shadcn/ui, and Ant Design.
• Refactored state management and client-side data querying with React Query and Zustand, slashing redundant network requests and optimizing Core Web Vitals.
• Standardized reusable, accessible component libraries and collaborated closely with design teams to ensure responsive cross-device performance.

Master of Computer Science in MCS – UBIT, University of Karachi (2020-03 – 2023-01)

Associate Degree in Science in ADP – GC University Faisalabad (2018-01 – 2020-01)